About Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1865
George Hampson described Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1865 in 1894 within *The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma*, with the following diagnostic features: The moth has dark fuscous brown coloration with a greyish tinge. Its head and collar are dark red-brown. The forewing has dark specks along the costa, and features waved antemedial and postmedial lines; the postmedial line curves outward around the cell. Both the orbicular and reniform spots are large and indistinct, and are more or less clearly outlined by hyaline lines. There is a dark spot at the forewing apex, and a series of black specks along the margin. The hindwing has a cell-spot with hyaline specks along its edges, and a sinuous medial line marked with dark specks. Faint traces of a pale, lunulate submarginal line are present, along with an indistinct lunulate red-brown marginal band. Some specimens bear a dark patch on the forewing disk, while others have the black-speckled medial line of the hindwing double towards the inner margin. This species has been recorded from West Africa, Japan, and throughout India and Ceylon. Its wingspan ranges from 18 to 24 millimeters.
